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W. BUTTERY. Billiard Table.

Patented May 17,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()E IcE.

WALTER BUTTERY, OF LONDON, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM HENRY BURROUGHS AND JAMES SAMUEL BURROUGHS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,607, dated May 17, 1881. Application filed March 3, 1881. (No model.) Patented in England October 19, 1880.

. whereby a billiard-table is rendered convertible into an ordinary or dining table and reconvertible for billiards with great facility and rapidity; and it consists, essentially, in the use of sliding blocks so arranged as to automatically fix the table to the proper level for playing at billiards, supporting it solidly and securely in that position, and to be easily removed when it is desired to lower the table. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an end view of my improved table arranged and fitted for dining purposes. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a similar view as it appears after the removal of the top boards and its being raised to the level for billiards. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is an inverted plan of Fig. 1, showing position of end cross piece or rail and sliding block; and Fig. 4, Sheet 2, an inverted plan of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A indicates the legs or supports, which may be of any desired shape and material; B, end

cross'piece or rail; 0, boards or leaves forming top of ordinary or dining table; D, billiardtable with ordinary bed, cushions, and pockets; E, sliding block, of which there is one at each end of the table; F, gussets or cornerpieces; G, guide-plate; H, sprin g-bolt I, spiral spring; K, hand-lever.

To convert this table, as at Fig. 1, for billiards, as at Fig. 3, the boards or leaves G are removed. The table D is then lifted at one end, and the block E, pushed onto the cross piece or rail B by the spring-bolts H, immediately secures the table D at the proper height at that end. The same operation is then performed at the other end; or both ends may be raised and the sliding blocks moved into position simultaneously.

To reconvert the table for dining or general purposes, the table D is slightly raised and the block E pushed off of the cross piece or rail B by means of the hand-lever K, when the table lowers of itself.

The arrangement shown is equally applicable to bagatelle as to billiard tables.

The frameof the table, with its bed and cushions, is constructed in the ordinary manner; but the end cross-pieces, D, of the frame are set upon the table legs or supports and the rail between them in such a manner that they may be raised vertically in suitable guides, G.

The sliding blocks E, which extend across each end of the table, inside of and parallel with the end of the frame of the table when lowered, may be of wood, or of any suitable material, but of a depth equal to the difference of level between a billiard and an ordinary table, and of any suitable breadth, these blocks being set in guides; and instead of the springs H I, any suitable spring or springs may be used which will keep theblock pressing against the end of the frame when this latter is resting upon the cross-rail B and the legs or supports A.

In lieu of the hand-lever K, I may use any suitable means to compress the spring or springs when the sliding block E is to be pushed OK the cross piece or rail B.

The board or boards 0, with which I cover the table when it is to be used for dining or general purposes, rest upon the frame or edges of the cushions, and I may prevent any lateral movement across these cushions by forming a recess or flanging the under side of the board or boards,which I may connect and keep down upon the frame by any suitable catch or catches.

What I claim is- In a billiard or a bagatelle table, the sliding blocks E, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WALTER BUTTERY. Witnesses:

- FRANK JOHN BLOFELD,

WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE. 

